屠呦呦 (Tu Youyou) , the first woman scientist from China wins the Nobel Prize in medicine (physiology)

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2015/tu-facts.html

http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/science/2015/10/151005_chinese_tu_youyou_nobel_prize_medicine

The name of her name, Youyou, comes from the poem from Shijing, a collection of poems and lyrics of songs, written/compiled 3000 years ago.

http://wengu.tartarie.com/wg/wengu.php?l=Shijing&no=161

呦呦鹿鸣,食野之苹。我有嘉宾,鼓瑟吹笙。吹笙鼓簧,承筐是将。人之好我,示我周行。

呦呦鹿鸣,食野之蒿。我有嘉宾,德音孔昭。视民不恌,君子是则是效。我有旨酒,嘉宾式燕以敖。

呦呦鹿鸣,食野之芩。我有嘉宾,鼓瑟鼓琴。鼓瑟鼓琴,和乐且湛。我有旨酒,以燕乐嘉宾之心。

 

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